South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-07-29

II Bs,g.dies-dsusral wu. ncK.,
Dam. u. 5 A.. died at HE coassry
rssideaoe q Asplswood. Falrfas
countv. We.
Tho Brotherhood Of TslserspAsss
has offered 5000. 600 for The haiti
more and Ouio telegraph lisss. Il il
not thought that the b. d o. compsny
wiil cell them.
w. J. MeGsrigle, convicted OF rob.
bling Cook county. Illinois. systsmat.
icslly fOe years whils chief OF police
Of Chicago. escapsd from the sheriff
in that city Sunday and tas sol been
hesrd Of since.
The demand for freight cars has
Increased 90 rapidly at Pi.isbu, Oh
within the past week that The differ
ent roads centsrins 10 that city have
bsen taxed beyond thsir capacity.
This demand 10 taken % an index 20
the immsnss basieess being tsaasao.
ted q present throughout the couu-
Try. The Pennsylvania Company bat
acquisitions Saturday for ZOO more
care west Of Pittsburgh than they
could furnish. The demand along
the line Of the Baltimore end Ohio
Raiload and it, branches 10 also ia.
creasing daily.
Frank Nevins. brother OF Mrs. jas.
q. Blaine, clerk in the now public
hui ding at Augusta Maine. has made
himself obnoxious TO the Democrats
or the city, and he has been notified
from Washington that his servioes are
no longer required.
The yellow fever record - Key
West, Florida, now stands: Total
cases to date, 152; death, SO; sick
now "a; discharged cured So.
Eli Parks, OF Charlotte. Michigan.
was literally torn 70 pieces by Q mad
bull Saturday. HE remains were
found scattered about the premises.
At Cambridge, Massachusetts, there
has just been completed what 10
claimed to be the largest private
monument in the country. Several
Of the blocks that enter into iss con-
struction weigh from 20 to 50 tons
each. and train Of IS cars. will Do
necessary to take il to lie destination,
San Francisco.
Some progress 10 making In secure
ing funds for the erection Of q monu.
ment TO the late Gen. A. P. Hill Ia
Richmond, Va.
Fearful foods we're experienced in
Massachusetts and Now Jersey this
week. At Williamsburg, In the for.
mer State, l8 persons were drowned.
! he Connecticut river rose 10 feet In
an hour.
There 10 more talk Of the Baltimore
and Ohio deal. This time Jay Gould
10 70 buy the road.
A G.. A. r. post in Indiana has
passed resolutions denounc;ng the
posts whose action caused President
Cleveland to cancel his promise 70
visit st. Louis In Septe mber.
Strikers are resuming work in the
coke regions Of Pennsylvania. Near.
ly all the works are now in operation.
Miss Jennie l.. daughter of Sec.
rotary Lamar. was married TO her
cousin. w. n. Lamar, at Macon, Ga.
Henry 5. Ives aad George 5. Stay.
ner. OF New York. have begun two
suits against Robert Garrett, Presis
dent OF the b. & o. Il. r., in the Su :.
preme Court Of New York. One ac-
ton Is 10 compel the performs noe Of
q contract made between Mr.. Gar.
rett add Ives and S'syner. whereby
Mr.. Garrett WAS to deliver to Mr.
Stnyner controlling interest in the
stock of the b. and On which carries
With IL both the telsVfaph aud OK.
press companies. The other suit 10
for pecuniary damages tor the break.
ing OF this contrsct.--ExsC Congress.
man ASA II. Glover died ~ George
town. XVI Friday, aged 10 years.
lie WAS Q relative OF President
Cleveland and native OF New York.
w. A. Ferret. Of Louisiana, has
been appointed supervising architect
OF the Treasury Department.-An
express train on the Erie railroad ran
into q gang of ItaIisn laborers near
HohokIsJ N. Y and killed fif.ssn OF
them. The express was sp hour Int.
aud rushed around q curve close 10
where the men we're working with
such appalling suddenness that they
did not know their danger I'LL the
train was on them. The shr.eks Of
the victims we're heartrending, and
when the train slowed up the track
presented a sickenipg sight OF being
covered with mangIe' bod 'es, the rails
being spsttered with blood and bro.
ken limbs, pieces OF ragged fssb be-
ing scattered in all directions. Some
of the bodies we're msngIed beyond
recognition and crushed out OF all
semblsnce to humanity The BAli
more Bark Extract Mill burned FRI
dsy IN Baltimore. Loss, $780, 900.
- John Tyler, son OF the late Presi-
dent Tyler, and for long time clerk
in The Treasury Department. was
stricken with paralysis Friday night.
Charles Saunders, miner. was i'm.
prisoned in flooded mine al Grand
junction, Iowa, ITO hours. tie es.
capped by taking refuge In an old slr
chamber ten feet squsre.--A boy on.
~ three years old was put into Jail at
s.. Augustine, Fla, for Stealing four